And if you throw some flair effects on this card, it will turn heads
It can go over the top of Dimir Midrange and Golgari Demons, its life gain staves off red burn strategies, and the archetypes that traditionally pose problems toward token decksramp and combo decksare currently on the decline
For starters, this is the only card in the game that has the card type Illustrator in the top text box, in contrast to the Trainer label in the base set (never mind that its not playable)
Im being as logical as I can from here on out, but these are still guesses
It has the advantage of being able to deal with everything, and pretty much has 4 free counterspells as well as 2 1-mana spot removal and 2-3 good 1-mana counterspells, on top of 3+ solid 2 mana counterspells
It doesnt have a defensive ability beyond gaining toughness until end of turn